taken 5 years ago, near to Sydenham, Queens Island, Ballymacarret and Ballyhackamore, Northern Ireland

Approach lights, George Best Belfast City Airport

Approach lights, for the inland flight path to the George Best Belfast City Airport, seen from the embankment at the northern end of Victoria Park. The airport’s radar scanner J3676 : Radar, George Best Belfast City Airport is on the right.

Originally opened in 1937 when it was built as part of the Short Brothers and Harland Limited aircraft factory. The present airport opened to scheduled passenger flights in 1983 as Belfast Harbour Airport. The terminal buildings were temporary ones – later extended and improved. The present terminal, close to the Sydenham bypass, opened in 2001.

Aer Lingus operates to London Heathrow. Seasonal service to Faro and Malaga (shown as operated by ASL).
British Airways to London Heathrow.
Flybe to Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cardiff, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter and Newquay, Glasgow, Inverness, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London City, Manchester and Southampton with a seasonal ski charter to Salzburg in 2017/18.
KLM to Amsterdam.
Eastern Airways franchised flybe flights to the Isle of Man and Newcastle.
Icelandair/Air Iceland to Keflavík (ends May 2018).
flybe is due to operate to Sheffield/Doncaster from 15 June until 26 October 2018.
Loganair to Carlisle from 4 June 2018.
JetsGo Holidays (using chartered aircraft) is due to operate to Palma de Mallorca, weekly, from June to September 2018.
The airport is also used by a variety of operators for business and medical flights.

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